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Just "Giving It All" Is Not Enough

Scrum.org

Several months ago, when the pandemic caused weight gain due to inactivity and isolation, I decided to purchase like so many a peloton bike. Not only to burn off some calories but also to see other people and having a shared experience, even though only on a screen. The videos are motivational, the program diverse and the possibilities sheer endless.

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Tools for Progress During Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Agile Transformation is a journey. And it starts exactly where the organization realistically is and works forward from that point. There are some thinking tools we can use to help us create some structure around the process of change to get us from where we are to where we want to be. To start, we will need a way to orient the organization toward our goals and understand why we’re making the decisions we’re making and what drives those decisions—what we call our Compass.

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How to Compile a Project Requirements Document

Epicflow Blog

Do you know that inaccurate requirements gathering appears to be one of the common causes for project failure? . This fact makes us take a fresh look at this process. Collecting and documenting project requirements may seem a formality and additional paperwork, but in fact, if done correctly, it will become one of the prerequisites for project success.

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How to make effective feedback your project management superpower

Planio

The worst mistake any project manager can make is to focus too much on their process and forget about the people powering it. Your team is the heart and soul of every project. But that’s easy to ignore when you’re behind schedule, over budget, or getting negative feedback from stakeholders. Even in the darkest moments of a project, effective feedback is the light that guides you and your team forward.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Building and Managing A Hybrid-Agile Plan with MS Project

MPUG

While Scrum and Kanban are two frequently used, individual Lean-Agile frameworks, many management practitioners use Hybrid-Agile approaches. This is because a number of organizations, across industry verticals, don’t explicitly follow any prescribed framework, but customize according to their organizational needs. When a combination of predictive, iterative, incremental, and/or Agile approaches are applied to projects, we see what we call a “hybrid” approach.

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OKR and Project Management

PM Times

What are OKRs? OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results. This allows to clearly define the course in a project must be set to achieve the expected result, for this OKRs are established in objectives that can be measured. The OKR method consists, first in establishing qualitative objectives, and second define the strategy to quantify […]. The post OKR and Project Management appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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New Updates | Release 24 Summary

LiquidPlanner

Release 24 | November 17, 2021. This release introduces Rate Sheets and Billable Cost Codes. Rate Sheets. New: Set up Rate Sheets for billing and analysis. Rates are based on Billable Cost Codes and associated with People or Resources. The rate is applied when they log progress using the Cost Code. Rate Sheets are a Premium Feature on PROFESSIONAL and ULTIMATE Plans.

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Project Assumptions & Risks

Project Management Essentials

Assumptions and risks are embedded in our daily lives. We expect the day will unfold as planned, and risks will not materialize. Most of these assumptions are benign, like thinking the weather report will be accurate; or no major calamities will occur. Projects are built on assumptions. Without them, it would be impossible to proceed. But some may lead to unanticipated or even tragic consequences.

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5 (more) Common Misconceptions about Scrum

Scrum.org

A lot of people are passionate about Scrum, and why not? Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, and the agile framework can make it infinitely more pleasant and efficient. The 15th annual State of Agile Report reveals that over 90% of the teams working within an agile framework use Scrum. What’s more, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021 for software teams.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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A Project Management Team’s Guide To Successful Project Governance

Trello

You’re a crew member on a ship. Your ship’s captain has reviewed all of the necessary nautical maps, charted out where you’re headed, and decided on the route you’ll take to get there. The captain ensures that you stay on course, making high-level decisions as they arise, and monitoring for oversight, like hidden reefs. If a storm blocks your way forward—all hands on deck!

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Getting Results – The Bottom Line of Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

Some project managers make a big fuss over risk management. And others use lots of acronyms and big words to impress people. But at the end of the day, all that really matters is getting results. For eighteen years, I worked for a property and casualty insurance company. Each year, our senior management team would meet with a credit rating agency to share our goals, strategies, and progress.

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Comprehensive Guide to Becoming A SAFe Agilist

Agilemania

Large organizations need to be incredibly dynamic and results-driven to maneuver the fast moving market. Challenging times demand challenging measures. Added to this is the complex problem of managing multiple agile teams. Sounds too common? This problem isn’t limited to one organization. It’s faced by many organizations but only a few seek help. The question still stands as to how to make an organization agile so that different functions within the organization can work together and not in silo

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How Feasible Are Hybrid Teams In Reality?

Proofhub

Image Source: Pixabay Managing a hybrid team might seem much simpler than managing an all in-person team. Your employees will only be in-office part-time, and will otherwise work from home. You’re saving on business costs because of it. And your team’s productivity is soaring thanks to a greater work/life balance. However, hybrid teams like these don’t happen overnight.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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13 Tips for Freelancers to Improve Their Workflow + Efficiency in 2021

nTask

The freelance world is booming and growing. In fact, freelancers are projected to make up almost 51% of the total U.S. workforce by 2027. That’s an astonishing increase of 27.5 million freelancers in just seven years. But the freelance world is a lot different than the standard 9 to 5 world. Only the most organized, focused, and efficient freelancers stand a chance at not just merely surviving but thriving.

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Reverse Mentoring : What Project Managers Can Learn From It

Tactical Project Management

The post Reverse Mentoring : What Project Managers Can Learn From It appeared first on Tactical Project Management.

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The Ins and Outs of Software Development Project Management

nTask

Project management does not entail the management of any single type of project. In fact, software development and project management are like two peas in a pod known as software development project management. Every implementation of the project management processes is different and the same can be said for software development project management. In this blog, we will go over the elements that make up software development project management and everything you need to know about software develo